Here are the first 3 chapters of Manning's "Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant" book written by Algolia's voice guru, Dustin Coates.
The book is your guide to designing, building, and implementing voice-based applications for Alexa and Google Assistant. Inside, you'll learn how to build your own "skills" (the voice app term for actions the device can perform) from scratch.
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